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Resolve of the Massachusetts General Court on the Petition of Zechariah Mayhew
Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick, Christiantown, Deep Bottom, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A resolution granting an excemption from taxation of Zechariah Mayhew's farm, due to his role as missionary to the Indians on Martha's Vineyard
Petition of Zechariah Mayhew to the Massachusetts General Court
Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick, Christiantown, Deep Bottom, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request seeking an excemption from taxation of his farm, due to his role as missionary to the Indians on Martha's Vineyard
Letter of Phineas Fish to James Walker
Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
An expression of Fish's desire to stay in the ministry at Mashpee and an appeal to Walker for his support in the matter
Petition of Gideon Hawley to the Massachusetts General Court
Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
Summary
A description of his service to the Mashpee and a request that their grant of land to him be enacted
Petition of the Mashpee Indians to the Massachusetts General Court
Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request for the dismissal of Gideon Hawley and Rueben Fish from guardianship and a statement of support for the recent changes in regulation regarding Mashpee
Petition of Gideon Hawley to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request for an act to alter the state of government at Mashpee
Petition of Simon Popmonet, George Wapock, and John Terkins, Mashpee Indians to the Governor of the Province of Massachusetts
Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A request that the Mashpee be protected from falling into English debt and from unjust servitude
